Remove Non-ASCII Characters Online
If you need plain English text for legacy systems or clean data exports, removing non-ASCII characters can help. This tool removes accents, emojis, and other non-ASCII symbols from your text.
Paste your text below, clean it, and copy the ASCII-only result.
Input Text
Cleaned Text
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Paste text that includes accents, symbols, or emojis.
Keep “Remove Non-ASCII Characters” enabled.
Click Clean Text and copy the ASCII-only output.
Examples
Example 1
Input
Café menu: crème brûlée and sushi 🍣.
Output
Caf menu: crme brle and sushi .
Example 2
Input
Málaga €30
Output
Mlaga 30
Example 3
Input
São Paulo, München, Zürich
Output
So Paulo, Mnchen, Zrich
How It Works
Paste the text you want to normalize to ASCII.
Remove non-ASCII characters with one click.
Copy the cleaned output into your export or dataset.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What counts as a non-ASCII character?
Non-ASCII characters include accented letters, emojis, and symbols outside the basic English character set.
Will this remove accented letters?
Yes. Accented letters like “é” are removed because they are outside ASCII.
Does it remove emojis and symbols?
Yes. Anything outside the basic ASCII range is removed.
Does it keep ASCII punctuation and numbers?
Yes. Basic ASCII punctuation and digits are preserved.
When should I use Remove Unwanted Characters instead?
Use Remove Unwanted Characters when you want to keep accented letters but drop symbols.